CMC Markets Cash Account

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1 bankwest.com.au CMC Markets Cash Account The CMC Markets Cash Account (Cash Account) is a deposit product of Bankwest, a division of Commonwealth Bank of Australia ABN AFSL/Australian credit licence Bankwest has appointed Colonial First State Investments Limited (CFSIL), ABN AFSL to collect information, administer and otherwise deal with matters relating to the Cash Account. BWA Managed Investments (BWAMI) is a specialist cash management business and forms part of CFSIL. The Product Schedule and the Bankwest Cash Account Terms and Conditions comprise Bankwest Product Information Statement (PIS) for the Cash Account. You should read the PIS carefully and retain it for future reference. Product Schedule 1. About the Cash Account This account earns a competitive rate of credit interest and is operated on your behalf by your Broker to facilitate the provision of securities trading and/or investment portfolio management services, or like services. This account is used to assist your Broker in providing their services to you. 2. Fees and Charges The following fees and charges may become payable in relation to the account: Statements: Additional statements printed with the original - $4 per statement (includes faxes); Copy of a previously issued statement - $7.50 per statement; A fax of a previously issued statement - $4 per statement. Search for transaction record: When you wish to confirm a transaction you may request a copy of the transaction record document or voucher. Fees may be charged on the following scale: One voucher requested - $12; More than one voucher requested - $8 per voucher. Audit request: Audit Request Fee - $60 per request. 3. Interest Credit Interest: Interest on your account is calculated daily based on the closing balance of your account and is credited monthly in arrears. The credit interest rate tiers are as follows: Amount From Amount To Interest Rate (p.a.) $0.00 $9, % $10,000 $19, % $20,000 $49, % $50,000 $199, % $200,000 $499, % $500,000 And over 2.50% Debit Interest: The account must not be overdrawn, however if the account does fall into overdraft, then debit interest will apply to the overdrawn balance. Debit interest will be charged at a variable annual percentage rate, currently 14.56% p.a. Information on the current rate is available on request. 4. What is paid to your Broker Your Broker may receive from the Bank certain non-monetary benefits allowed under law (soft dollar). Under our obligations pursuant to the Corporations Act 2001 and the Financial Services Council Code of Practice, we keep a record of soft dollar payments which we are entitled to make to Brokers or advisers. Please contact us if you would like to view this register. Adviser Service Fee 1 Version 68

2 If you have agreed to pay your Broker a fee from your account for the services they provide to you, we will pay that fee to your Broker on your behalf. Note that, in some circumstances, we may choose not to pay amounts to your Broker (such as where we have reason to believe that your Broker's payment details are not correct, or we have chosen not to deal with your Broker). We will notify you if we do not pay an amount on your behalf to your Broker. Fees paid to your Broker on your behalf are fees agreed between you and your Broker (they are not Bank fees). Contact your Broker if you would like to discuss these fees. 5. Financial Claims Scheme The Financial Claims Scheme, under the Banking Act, covers deposit amounts you hold in a bank in aggregate up to a statutory prescribed limit (please note that for the purposes of calculating this total joint accounts are considered to be held in equal shares).you may be entitled to a payment in some circumstances. Payments under the scheme are subject to a limit for each depositor. Information about the Financial Claim Scheme can be obtained from the APRA website at and the APRA hotline on ENQUIRIES Broker Name: CMC Markets Stockbroking Limited, ABN Broker Street Address: Level 13, 130 Pitt Street Sydney NSW 2000 Broker Postal Address: PO Box 5351, Sydney NSW 2001 Broker Contact Details: Ph: Fax: (02) Website: brokingservice@cmcmarkets.com.au 2 Version 68

3 Bankwest Cash Account Terms and Conditions 1. Definitions The following expressions have the following meanings: Account Information means information relating to accounts which we have agreed to make available to Authorised Operators from time to time. Authorised Operator means the Broker, and any other officer or employee or representative of the Broker, authorised and nominated in writing to us by the Broker, to have access to and operate the account. Broker means the stockbroker you have authorised to open and operate your account on your behalf. Business day means a day (other than Saturday, Sunday or public holiday) on which banks are open for general banking business: if a place is specified in the relevant provision, in that place; or if no place is specified, in the place where the relevant act is to be undertaken; Cash Account means the CMC Markets Cash Account. Product Schedule means the Product Schedule relevant to the Cash Account. Terms and Conditions mean these Bankwest Cash Account Terms and Conditions relevant to the Cash Account. We, us, the Bank or Bankwest means Bankwest, a division of Commonwealth Bank of Australia ABN AFSL / Australian credit licence and its successors and assigns. You means the account holder nominated in the Cash Account opening instructions delivered by the Broker to us and, if more than one person comprises the account holder, means each of them separately and all of them jointly. 2. Your Agreement When you open a Cash Account with us, you agree that your account comprises: the Terms and Conditions; and the Product Schedule You should read the Terms and Conditions, Product Schedule carefully. If there is any inconsistency between these Terms and Conditions and the Product Schedule, the Product Schedule prevails. 3. Code of Banking Practice The Code of Banking Practice applies to your Cash Account. General descriptive information about our banking services is set out in the Bankwest Banking Services Rights and Obligations booklet. It includes, in particular, information about account opening procedures, our obligations regarding the confidentiality of your information and our complaint handling procedures, you can obtain a copy of the Banking Services Rights and Obligations -booklet through your Broker or by visiting bankwest.com.au. 4. Privacy Privacy Statement and Consent to Use your Information This Statement explains how Bankwest and subsidiaries of Commonwealth Bank of Australia ( we or us ) collect, use and disclose personal information. Personal information is information about, and which identifies an individual (such as name and contact details). Your personal information includes information about who you are and your interactions with us such as transactions on your account. It may also include information about you that is publicly available, for example from public registers or made available through social media. When you give us personal information about another person, you represent that you are authorised to do so and agree to inform that person of the contents of this Statement as it relates to them. Purposes for which we collect and use personal information We collect your information because we are required to identify you in accordance with the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter- Terrorism Financing Act. You are not required to provide your Tax File Number. However, if we do not collect your Tax File Number as permitted by the Taxation Administration Act 1953 and the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936, we may be required to withhold amounts from you and remit them to the Australian Taxation Office. We also collect your personal information to assess and process an application for any product or service that you make or for which you are a signatory, for internal processes including risk management and pricing, to administer our relationship with you, 3 Version 68

4 to meet our obligations in relation to external payment systems, Government bodies and funding arrangements, to identify and comply with regulatory requirements. If you use our website or online applications we may collect information about your location or activity (including whether you have accessed third party sites) to customise your experience. Exchange of personal information We may exchange personal information about you with: our related bodies corporate, assignees, agents, contractors and external advisers, organisations for verifying your identity, your agents, advisers, referees, executors, administrators, trustees, beneficiaries (if you are a trustee), guardians, attorneys, law enforcement, regulatory and government bodies, anyone who introduces you to us, reward program providers, third parties providing fraud detection services, your franchisor, payment system operators, your and our insurers or prospective insurers and their underwriters, any person we consider necessary to execute your instructions, other organisations for the supply of services, other persons where this is permitted by law, persons with whom you make a joint application for a product or service with us, participants in a funding scheme, and any financial institution to or from which a payment is made in relation to any account you have or operate. In some cases, these persons or organisations may disclose your personal information for the purposes of any relationship they have with you or performing functions in relation to you. Verifying your identity using a credit reporting body (CRB) In order to verify your identity, we and our Agents may provide your name, residential address and date of birth to a CRB, which may use that information and corresponding information in credit information files of individuals to prepare and provide an assessment of whether your information matches information on a credit information file held by that CRB. You agree to us and our Agents requesting an assessment and providing your personal information for such an assessment. Transfer of personal information overseas Sometimes it may be necessary to send your information overseas for example where we outsource functions overseas, send information to related bodies corporate, where we need to complete a transaction on your behalf or where this required by laws and regulations in Australia or in another country. These countries include New Zealand, United Kingdom and Ireland. Please refer to Bankwest s Privacy Policy for more information. Access to your personal information, contacting us and contacting you This Statement should be read in conjunction with Bankwest s Privacy Policy available on the websites of bankwest.com.au and bwami.com.au or by calling our Client Services Team on You have rights to access your personal information from us, to request us to correct the information, and to make a complaint to us about a breach of your privacy rights in relation to the information. The Privacy Policy includes further information about how you may do this. Consent You agree to the terms of our Privacy Policy and consent to us collecting, using, exchanging and transferring overseas, your personal information as described and as set out above and in Bankwest s Privacy Policy. To find out more on how we collect, use and disclose personal information, Bankwest s Privacy Policy is available on the websites of bankwest.com.au and bwami.com.au. If you would like to receive a copy of this document, please contact our Client Services Team on or contact your Broker. The consent and agreement can be found within the Declaration section of the relevant Cash Account application form. If you do not provide the above consent, Bankwest will not be able to provide you with banking services (such as accounts). 5. EPayments Code We warrant that we will comply with the requirements of the EPayments Code, where those requirements apply to your dealings with us. 6. Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act (2006) When you open an account you and each signatory to the account will be asked for proof of identity. Government legislation requires Bankwest to identify you before you open a new account or become a signatory to a new or existing account. Information about our identification requirements is set out in our Banking Services Rights and Obligations booklet. 4 Version 68

5 7. Deposits and Withdrawals We will not accept deposits nor allow withdrawals of cash or currency in connection with your account. Deposits can only be made to the account electronically by you or your Broker by direct electronic credit from an account with a financial institution. Withdrawals can only be made electronically by your Broker (including on closure of the account). 8. Credit Interest The Product Schedule will state whether credit interest is payable in respect of your account and, if so, the applicable interest rate. The interest will be credited directly to your Cash Account. Interest to which you are entitled will be calculated daily by multiplying the credit balance of your account at the end of the day by the interest rate and dividing the result by the number of days in the year. Interest will be paid with the frequency stated in the Product Schedule and on closure of your account. If you do not lodge your Tax File Number (TFN), your ABN (if you have one), or an appropriate exemption with us, by law we must deduct withholding tax at the highest marginal tax rate plus the Medicare Levy from the interest payable to you. If you are not an Australian resident for tax purposes, we are required by law to deduct non-resident withholding tax from the interest payable to you. 9. Overdrawn Accounts An overdraft facility is not available with your account. If the account becomes overdrawn, debit interest will be charged to the account. We calculate debit interest daily by multiplying the overdrawn balance of your account by the debit interest rate stated in the Product Schedule and by dividing the result by the number of days in the year. Debit interest is calculated up to the second-last business day of the month and will be debited to your account on the last business day of the month. 10. Statements of Account We will provide a statement of your account at least every six months if there has been a transaction during that period. Your Broker may have a special agreement in place to issue statements more frequently. You may request statements and any additional statements from your broker. If you request extra copies of a statement previously issued we may charge you a fee. You must check your statements and advise your Broker of any errors or omissions. 11. Changes to Terms and Conditions We may at any time change the Terms and Conditions applying to your account. We will notify you of such changes via your Broker in accordance with the timeframes set out in the table below. Introduce or increase a fee or charge 30 days In writing or by advertising in the national or local media. Change the method of calculating or paying interest Change to Interest Rate 30 days In writing or by advertising in the national or local media. No later than the following day of change to interest rate In writing or by advertising in the national or local media Other changes No later than the day of change In writing or by advertising in the national or local media. 12. Joint Accounts If your account is in more than one name, the following applies: Each of you must fully comply with the Terms and Conditions applying to the account as if the account were in one name alone. Instructions in respect of the account may only be given in accordance with the election made to your Broker and advised to us in the Cash Account opening instructions. Should one of you die, we will treat the survivor(s) as the account holder(s) unless you have specified otherwise. We can send notices, statements and other documents by mailing them to any of you and they will be taken to have been given to all of you. 5 Version 68

6 13. Trust Accounts If you open the account as a trustee (using your Broker as your agent), you represent and warrant that you have the necessary power and authority to open and operate the account, that you are the sole trustee of the trust, that no action has been taken to remove or replace you as trustee of the trust and that you have an unrestricted right to be fully indemnified out of trust assets in respect of any liability that you may incur as trustee. 14. Changes in your Particulars You must inform your Broker immediately of a change in your name or address and ensure that the Broker informs us. We will not be responsible for any errors or losses associated with a change in your particulars if we do not receive notice or adequate notice of the change. 15. Service of Notices Where, by these Terms and Conditions, we have agreed to write to you or send you a notice or statement, or should we otherwise seek to communicate with you, the communication may be sent to you by mail addressed to you at your last known address or business address as the case may be. For joint account holders, see clause 10(d). If you agree to us doing so, we may provide such communications to you by: electronic communication to your nominated electronic address; or making the information available on our website after first notifying you by electronic communication to your electronic address that the information is available for retrieval by you. Should you agree, you may at any time by notice to us terminate your agreement to receive information by electronic communication or change your electronic address. 16. Closing the Account We may close the account for any reason at any time. We will notify your Broker in writing should we do so. The account may also be closed at any time by written notice to us (closure request) from you or your Broker. If the account has a credit balance at the time that it is closed, that balance will be paid electronically into your Broker s trust account. However to the extent that the balance comprises any funds which have not been cleared, the funds will be unavailable to you until they are cleared. If the account has a debit balance at the time it is closed that balance including any debit interest or outstanding fees will be due and payable by you to us upon demand. Upon the closure of the account, all liabilities owing to us in relation to the account will become immediately due and payable and these Terms and Conditions will continue in full force and effect until those liabilities have been discharged in full. 17. Fees and Charges You must pay us the fees and charges that are or become payable in connection with the account in the amounts and at the times set out in the Product Schedule or in these Terms and Conditions and you authorise us to debit them to the account. If we incur any government tax, duty or other charge imposed by law in respect of the account or its operation, you must pay us an amount equal to the charge calculated in accordance with the methods prescribed from time to time by the relevant legislation. You authorise us to debit any such amount to the account. Current information on fees and charges in respect of services which you may seek in relation to the account (for example, a copy of a statement) is available by contacting your Broker. 18. Authorised Operators You authorise Authorised Operators to do all or any of the following acts and transactions in respect of your account: open and operate the account; close the account; deposit to and withdraw from your account; and act fully and effectively with Bankwest in all dealings, matters and transactions connected with your account You remain responsible for all transactions made by an Authorised Operator until we are notified in writing that their authority is cancelled. 6 Version 68

7 Each Authorised Operator is authorised to access the Account Information and to effect transactions without the need for prior notice to you. For such purpose you hereby appoint each Authorised Operator as your duly authorised attorney with the power to sign all instruments, to authorise and give effect to transactions, and to access Account Information at the discretion of the Authorised Operator, and you ratify and agree to ratify all that an Authorised Operator may do pursuant to the authority conferred by this clause. We may rely on an instruction or authority given or purported to be given by an Authorised Operator without having to verify the authority of the Authorised Operator to act on your behalf. We and our officers, employees and agents are released from all claims, actions, liabilities and demands whatsoever of you or any person claiming in right or title of you, arising in respect of or incidental to the operation or purported operation of your account, including any transactions or the accessing of any Account Information. We are not responsible for monitoring operations, transactions, or the provision of access to any Account Information, and to the extent permitted by law we expressly disclaim any liability in connection with the operation of or access to your account by the Authorised Operators. Instructions in relation to your account or any transaction on an Account must be sent to us by an Authorised Operators in the manner and form specified by us from time to time, and will be effective only when received by us. 19. Procedures for Handling Complaints If you wish to make a complaint in relation to your account, please contact your Broker in the first instance. If you are still not satisfied with the way your Broker has handled your complaint, you can contact us directly in the following ways: verbally or in writing to BWA Managed Investments; or by calling our Customer Services Team on Our staff will do everything they can to rectify your problem immediately. We strive, wherever possible, to resolve your complaint within 5 working days. If we are unable to resolve your complaint to your satisfaction, you will be advised of the details (including the timeframes) of our internal dispute resolution process and an officer with the appropriate authority to resolve the dispute will investigate your complaint thoroughly. We will do our best to resolve any complaint promptly and to your satisfaction. In the unlikely event that the matter cannot be resolved to your satisfaction, you can seek assistance from the Financial Ombudsman Service Ltd ("FOS"). The FOS provides an independent dispute resolution service and is approved by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission ("ASIC") as an external dispute resolution scheme. A brochure outlining the FOS scheme is available from any of Bankwest's Customer Service Centres or by phoning The FOS's contact details are as follows: Financial Ombudsman Service Ltd GPO Box 3, Melbourne VIC 3001 Telephone: , Facsimile: (03) , Website: Additional Obligations The Bank may be subject to laws or regulations in Australia or another country that affect your relationship with the Bank (eg. Laws that address tax evasion). So that we may comply with our obligations under these laws or regulations, we may: require you to provide information about you or your product; disclose any information we are required to concerning you (including sending your information overseas); if required to do so, withhold an amount from a payment to you, and if we do, we will not reimburse you for the amount withheld; and/or take such other action as is reasonable required, including, for example, closing your account. Bankwest, a division of Commonwealth Bank of Australia ABN AFSL/Australian credit licence For any further information visit bankwest.com.au or call the Customer Help Centre on Version 68